Founder · Executive · Researcher · Engineer
Vedavyas Panneershelvam
VP
CTO and Co-Founder at Phaidra
Panneershelvam—credited as Veda Panneershelvam on the 2016 Nature paper—was a key engineer who designed and built AlphaGo. At Phaidra, he leads AI research and engineering for autonomous control of data centers and other industrial systems.
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Background
Current role
CTO and Co-Founder Feb 2020-presentPhaidra
Previously
Sep 2018-Feb 2020Staff Research Engineer, 
Google DeepMind
Google DeepMindApr 2016-Aug 2018Senior Software Engineer, Google DeepMind
Google DeepMindNov 2013-Apr 2016Software Engineer, Google DeepMind
Google DeepMindEducation
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